| Cultivar Name: |
Sam
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| Type |
Cherry |
| Synonyms |
'V-160140', 'Summerland S-6-10'
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| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Parentage |
Windsor seedling op?
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| Species |
Prunus avium
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Products |
Canning
Culinary
Fresh Market
|
| Taste |
Sweet
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| S Genotype |
S2S4 |
| CIG |
XIII |
| Ripening time |
-1
weeks relative to
Bing
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Self-unfruitful, but a good pollinator. Interfruitful with Bing, Lambert and Van. Pollinate with Bing, Montmorency, Royal Ann, Stella, Van.
|
| Description |
Origin: Orig. in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, by A.J. Mann, Canada Dept. of Agriculture, Res. Sta. Introd. in 1953. Open pollinated seedling of Windsor; seed collect in 1938. Original tree planted in 1940; selected in 1946; tested as Summerland S-6-10.
The name is derived from the
initials of Summerland and Arthur Mann, a
station fruit breeder who made the selection.
Winter hardiness and resistance to
bacterial canker, as well as fruit resistance
to rain-cracking, are among the best.
Ripens early.
Fruit is sweet, dark, large and conic to heart
shaped. It has dark mahogany skin, firm flesh,
good texture, and some rain-cracking resistance,
but relatively low soluble solids and
acid contents. It cans well, producing a syrup
about as dark as 'Bing' with a milder flavor
than that of 'Bing'. Fruit has poor flavor until fully ripe and
dark. The fruit are borne in relatively tight
clusters, which favors brown rot incidence.
Resembles Deacon in shape.
The tree is hardy, vigorous, upright-spreading with a desireable framework, and
hardier than 'Bing'. Widely planted. Because of blooming later than most sweet cherries it may escape late spring frosts. In the 1955 fall freeze
in Washington, 'Sam' ranked second only to
'Van' in cold-hardiness.
In Pollination Period V. It is a good pollinizer
for 'Bing', 'Lambert', and 'Napoleon' in northern
areas where 'Sam' blooms early enough
to overlap the blossoming period of these
cultivars. In one year, however, in the Yakima
Valley of Washington, 'Sam' bloomed too late to pollinize 'Bing' because blossoms in
the lower part of the trees were damaged
by frost. Zones 5-9. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory. Third Edition. 2001. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.
- Sweet cherry compatibility and timing chart; Link
- Sweet Cherries
Production, Marketing, and Processing, USDA, Link
- Genetic Diversity and Relatedness of Sweet Cherry (Prunus Avium L.) Cultivars Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphic Markers, Table 1 shows presumed parentage, origin and CIG status, Frontiers in Plant Science 2012; 3:116; Link
- Fresh Market Sweet Cherry
Varieties for Eastern North
America, Dept. Hort Sci., New York State Horticultural Society; Link
- Sweet Cherry Pollen Compatability Chart, James Nugent, updated 2013; Link
- Orange Pippin; Link
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